Today on Mike's Minute - Will the Reserve Bank's move on investors in Auckland housing work?

Air New Zealand has teamed up with some of the world's hottest surfers for its latest safety video, launching today. Among those on the Safety Safari video are past and present world champions, New Zealand's best surfers, a big wave legend and two of the world's most popular women surfers on social media. It was filmed at Malibu, California, Australia's Gold Coast and at Raglan and Piha in this country in mid-March and the film crew and the nine surfers had to work around Cyclone Pam to find suitable waves here and across the Tasman.

The mood was grim as Solid Energy employees filed out of the NBS Theatre in Westport today, just minutes after finding out the company was cutting 151 jobs, plus up to 15 contracting jobs - from its Stockton mine. The company is cutting 151 jobs, but some of the losses will be made up of unfilled vacancies, meaning 113 current staff will lose their jobs. This cuts the number of staff at the mine from 397 to 246. It follows Solid's decision to cut 185 jobs a year ago.

Ward Village, a $10 billion, 4,000-residence waterfront development by Howard Hughes in Honolulu.

Lightbox chief executive Kym Niblock tells Holly Ryan that the arrival in New Zealand of online streaming services has dramatically altered the way people consume video content.

Today on Mike's Minute - National's in trouble over its promised surplus.

Mark McGuinness, managing director of Willis Bond, talks about New Zealand’s biggest new apartment project after his business won the right to build up to 600 new residences in 17 blocks in Auckland’s Wynyard Quarter.

Today marks Air NZ's 75th anniversary. The airline's maiden flight by a Short S30 flying boat took off from Auckland on this day in 1940 and landed in Rose Bay in Sydney. This supplied corporate video includes footage from the maiden flight.

This Emirates corporate video features Performance Standards Purser Don Godamune's journey of his career as cabin crew with Emirates as the airline crosses the 20,000 cabin crew milestone. Supplied by Emirates.

Plans are underway to build a series of new apartment blocks in the regenerating Wynyard Quarter of Auckland. See this supplied promotional video of the Wynyard Central apartments.

Auckland-based animation company Huhu Studios has signed up to a co-production with China Film Animation to develop the first animated 3D movie between the two nations, 'Beast of Burden'.

A three-bedroom North Shore "do-up" has earned its owner nearly $1000 a day - just shy of the salary of a High Court judge - in Auckland's red-hot property market. A Weekend Herald investigation into soaring house prices comes amid warnings from the Reserve Bank about the housing market and calls for immediate action by the country's chief human rights watchdog.

Fletcher Construction has released this video showing its workers lifting an 11-tonne steel staircase into the new Fonterra headquarters it is building to the west of Auckland's CBD.

Massey University's second annual Business Boot Camp brought together 70 students from 33 schools across the country to explore the business world.

The Rutherford engine uses liquid oxygen kerosene as fuel.

Today (April 10) marks the 50th anniversary of Qantas' jet service to New Zealand. This supplied video shows an old TV advertisement urging travellers to fly to New Zealand.

A New Zealand woman is vying to raise £35,000 to launch a specialist wine store in London.

The first set of results are in from two years of testing on New Zealand’s new Precision Seafood Harvesting fishing method and scientists say already they can see that the survival rates for fish are better than expected.

Pumpkin Patch has issued a corporate video this morning with CEO Di Humphries' commentary about the company's half year result.

2degrees put on an interactive light show celebrating the 175th anniversary of Auckland and the launch the Samsung Galaxy 6.

Tourism New Zealand's promotional video 'The Big Blue' showcases New Zealand as a cruising and chartering destination and offers a glimpse into what a superyacht holiday in New Zealand is like The video was produced with the Mayer family while travelling on their superyacht The Big Blue in New Zealand earlier this year.

Economics editor Brian Fallow discusses the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Statement issued today. The bank has removed the prospect of future interest rate hikes from its forecast horizon as a strong kiwi dollar and cheap oil hold down inflation, and the central bank ponders whether to lower its assessment of where "neutral" interest rates should be. The kiwi dollar gained after the statement.

The Reserve Bank has removed the prospect of future interest rate hikes from its forecast horizon as a strong kiwi dollar and cheap oil hold down inflation. See highlights from governor Graeme Wheeler's press conference.

NZ police today revealed that letters threatening to poison milk formula powder with 1080 have been received.

Promotional video showcasing the 39-level apartment complex set to occupy a site next to the long-abandoned historic St James Theatre.

A secret door between the children's area and the community meeting room, anti-fight pillow seating squabs and a microchip-activated cat door for elderly tabby Benjamin are unusual features of the new Devonport Library, which had its civic opening last Thursday.

The Reserve Bank has prepared a short video explaining the importance of regulation. This video, featuring the Bank's Head of Prudential Supervision, Toby Fiennes, explains how regulation helps to promote a sound and efficient financial system, and why everyone has a role to play.

Air New Zealand says a surge in capacity this year will help lead to lower airfares. The airline is boosting the number of seats by just under 12 per cent for the remainder of this financial year around the Pacific Rim and on domestic routes. Air New Zealand announced today record interim normalised earnings before taxation of $216 million, up 20 per cent on the prior corresponding period. It's chief executive Christopher Luxon said the carrier was in a period of unprecedented growth.

Which booming NZ housing market has turned down, and could it happen in Auckland? NZIER principal economist Shamubeel Eaqub explains.

Markets reporter Christopher Adams speaks to Nikko Asset Management NZ managing director Peter Lynn about the state of the markets, the company’s recent rebrand and the FMA’s investigation into Milford Asset Management.